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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Is work under way on a back-up plan if this case goes in a way that finds the process is not fit for purpose? Will the Department start working on an alternative solution?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Does the Minister of State know how many staff have left child disability services in the last year?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Could we get a figure for the last year or two? I thank the Minister of State. I have a question.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: An answer in writing would be great. It relates to the backlog and to access to services. I have probably raised it before. In west Cork, people sometimes travel 2.5 hours or more to access, for example, essential speech and language therapy. Many of the people who are doing that cannot spend a long time in a confined space so the journey becomes even longer. I think access to that...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: The Minister of State in her opening statement said that "contrary to previous statements, professionals are not limited to a 90-minute ... [slot]". Page 78 of the assessment of needs standard operating procedures states an assessment may take up to one or one and a half hours. Is that procedure incorrect? Will it be amended or are people operating off that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Presumably they will change the standard operating procedures to align with the Minister of State’s statement?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Surely they will change the standard operating procedures to allow for what the Minister has said, or will they?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: That would be great. Everybody agrees with what the Minister of State said. An assessment cannot be limited to any amount of time. It takes the amount of time necessary. If people are working from these guidelines, one would believe that it can take an hour or an hour and a half maximum. That is the indication from the standard operating procedures.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister of State for that.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I commend my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, and his team on all their work on this Bill and their constant determination to ensure greater access to affordable and social housing. Housing is one of the main issues raised by constituents. It is raised by families waiting on social housing lists for years and families trapped in a long-term renting system that was designed only for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that the International Protection Accommodation Service failed to appoint an independent designated officer to handle complaints as recommended by the McMahon report to the Government Working...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that the International Protection Accommodation Service’s pre-Covid-19 process failed to meet its own benchmark of two in-house clinics per centre per year (details supplied); and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that the International Protection Accommodation Service failed to follow its own child protection and welfare policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23352/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that the International Protection Accommodation Service has failed to put in place the necessary safeguards to ensure that children residing in direct provision, emergency reception and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that the International Protection Accommodation Service has not appointed an independent designated officer to handle complaints as recommended by the McMahon report (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that the International Protection Accommodation Service has failed to put in place the necessary safeguards to ensure that children residing in direct provision, emergency reception and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla did not recognise the inherent vulnerability of minors in the international protection process and failed to make reasonable adjustments, which would give the children in direct...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla, the HSE and IPAS have failed to collaborate to provide on-site preventative and early intervention services and to gather data on national trends of referrals to services given that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the situation in which an apprentice student (details supplied) is being delayed in progressing to the next phase due to a backlog in the processing of examinations and assessments. [23349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Protection (6 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla, the HSE and IPAS have failed to collaborate to provide on-site preventative and early intervention services and to gather data on national trends of referrals to services which was a recommendation of the McMahon report. [23344/21]